Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson

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Yukoner said, 5 months ago

Way to go guys.
Margueritem said, 5 months ago

Things are not looking up…
Ladywolf17 said, 5 months ago

Forgive me if I don’t seem cheerfull. I got into a fight today with a girl who pulled a knife on me. Relying on my marial arts training I blocked her attack flipped her over then broke her nose. As I was in position to finish her off for good I recalled my dad’s wisdom. He had said that in harsh moments that I could be foolish and do something that I would regret for the rest of my life, or fight the anger and use common sense to make a clear decision to do what is right. I could have killed that girl but instead used the submission techniques that my father taught me to disarm the girl. I then ran home to the loving arms of my dad and cried for about an hour. I begged him to stay home tonight because I didn’t want to be alone. He’s here by my side. He said that he was proud of me for using good judgement and that he was right for putting his trust in me. he says that I am maturing into a fine young woman. My question to all of you is ( am I a monster, or is my father you all know as wolfbyte36 right). Your opinions are important to me please let me know what you think.
tbree said, 5 months ago

Hey, maybe they can read the comics while the newspaper is glued to the floor. :-)
Leonardeuler said, 5 months ago

Hobbes quick, get some acetone, Calvin is in danger !!!!!
Joe Minotaur said, 5 months ago

ladywolf17
Easy answer: Who pulled the knife?
Tabby Lynn said, 5 months ago

ladywolf you made the right choice to get away. as Joe said “who pulled the knife?” that there answers the question. best of luck to you.. i know life can be hard, but you have to use the wisdom that you have and keep your head hi. don’t do things you’ll regret the rest of your life and don’t let bad things scare you. i have been through a lot also. the sad thing is that im only 19 and i have seen too much hurt in my life… you will be fine. just remind me never to make you mad.

the comic very funny i saw this coming. lol
LX013 said, 5 months ago

The more lingual you are, the better nowadays. It’s hard, when you do not so well with learning languages!
RHoney said, 5 months ago

ladywolf17: great effort! Such act is the first step towards wisdom; and yes, decisions like these are tough to maintain but when we do, we happily know we are humans and can use our willpower to take over the hard times!

Calvin: dang, dad will have to lie down on the floor to read the newsppr.

Hobbes: keep calm and just read the manual in all 3 langs ok!

LOLLL!
Dutchboy1 said, 5 months ago

Ladywolf, your father sounds like a very wise man.
These days, life seems to be cheap and people are all to willing to shed others blood. That you showed the restraint and wisdom not to is commendable and a testament to your fathers training.
I would suggest being alittle more careful about who you hang out with, though, and if someone you are around starts being belligerent, it’s usually best just to leave before things come to blows.
Keep up the good work, I’m sure your father is proud of you.
Ivy0730 said, 5 months ago

a genius wrote the instrution in 3 three languages? or it was just messed up by the translation machine? No 6-yr-old could read the instruction Im afraid.
PG level…Parent Guide

@Ladywolf: you did the right thing! you are quite brave and wise. glad that you are fine, keep it up!
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

Ladywolf17 fell asleep on my shoulder. Thank you all for your comments she needed to know that there are people in this world who care for one another. thank you for being understanding and for being her friend. Now I have to skip work and talk to the other girls parents. They must be pretty mad that their daughter has a broken nose. You know I as a single Parent try to teach my daughter that violence is not the answer to any problem. And that fighting should be used only if it is necessary to defend yourself. My daughter was scared because she had never been in this situation before. But I am proud of her for the way she handled her self today. Wish me luck in talking to the other girls parents. I’ll let you all know how it all turns out.
wolfbyte36 said, 5 months ago

Now as for Calvin, maybe next time you’ll wait for your dad to help you build the model.
Cornish_Rebel said, 5 months ago

As a model maker, I can empathise completely with Calvin!

Ladywolf…same thing happened to me on Friday (almost). Guy pulled a knife on me (I’m 49)…anything is acceptable to preserve your own life! I just ran away!
TheSkulker said, 5 months ago

ladywolf17 Defending yourself when attacked is quite legitimate. No question there. Probably only you know whether breaking her nose was necessary but I doubt anyone would fault you for it. Since you apparently had the upper hand and were in no eminent danger after you flipped her, to kill her at that point would have been murder, not self defense. So yes, you chose well.

However, I would urge you to be extremely careful regarding this person. You probably have an enemy for life who may be obsessed with getting revenge. And if she pulled a knife on you once with little provocation she probably won’t hesitate to do it again if she gets an opportunity.

Only you really know your situation, how much “face” she lost and what it means to her, how dangerous to you she will be, and whether it would be prudent to inform the police about the incident. In any case, don’t let your guard down. I doubt she will be grateful that you spared her life.
tamsin said, 5 months ago

and pretty soon we shall hear Dad and/or Mom speaking colorfully in what might seem like 3 languages, too… amazing
Greeneyed Texan said, 5 months ago

Man this brings back memories. My husband bought our son a model airplane kit and together they tried to put it together while watching tv on my carpeted floor. Outcome? Son covered in glue and carpet glued while husband (not reading instructions) watched sci fi and was putting it together. MESS!!!! Our discussion next should have been in a foreign language for as much good as it did. Ha Ha . Boys will be boys.
Greeneyed Texan said, 5 months ago

Now ladywolf and wolfbyte 36: As a trauma center nurse of 20 plus years of experience, your teachings to your daughter were great. She stopped her assaulant and yet controlled herself from stepping over the line and losing the battle. Her martial arts training makes her abilities as lethal as the knife the other girl pulled on her. Breaking the nose was the thing to do. That is what my father taught me also. Stop the assault, then leave, then report to the police. Now you need to report to the police to have this on record just don’t press charges. The authorities need to know the other girl is having problems and maybe will be able to steer her toward help. In Texas there are many outreach programs to help teens if they want it. Good luck and thank you for not hurting her worse. It would forever change your life. Be careful young lady. She is your enemy now. Watch your surroundings. God be with you.
Calvinator said, 5 months ago

Regarding the glue…
The directions say…
appliquez économiquement
apliqúese escasamente
and then if you keep reading .. apply sparingly. :)
prasrinivara said, 5 months ago

Actually Calvinator, the directions say:

apply sparingly
appliquer économiquement (the typical translation into French I’ve seen while living in Canada–when in doubt, use infinitive rather than imperative)
apliqúese escasamente
DreamScourge said, 5 months ago

If that had been me as a child, I would have hoped my backside was stuck to the floor as well when my mom found out lol

@ladywolf17
Your control of your anger and rational thinking, in a time of stress mark you as a true monster in a world of anamalistic, short sighted and violent ‘humans’. You’re my kind of monster!

The monsters are the ones who don’t behave as other humans behave.

@SmarterEnough
That may be true (I thought there was something that didn’t ring true in their conversations yesterday), but it’s fun to listen to if false, and damaging to critisize if true, and I’m not part of the great confederation anyway so CIA presonality profilers do your worst :)
Richard said, 5 months ago

To read those directions one has to be a cunning linguist.
SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

je ne pas grave, Hobbes.
“Je Voudrais douze patisserire , sil vous plais” -

This is the most important sentence to learn in French.

Nothing needs to be learned in Spanish.

Go directly to Hebrew - do not pass go, do not collect $200 Euros.
Macushlalondra said, 5 months ago

Calvin should ask Dad for help but after the way he talked to Dad last week maybe Dad won’t be so inclined to help. It seems that because of the glue maybe this is a project a kid should work on with a parent, not alone.
geo111 said, 5 months ago

Hey Ladywolf17, why not take you bleeep elsewhere? This place is for discussing a comic strip, not your made up stories.
kaidey said, 5 months ago

I go to comics for relief. Keep your bleeep to yourself! Get a real life. Don’t share this one. no one here wants to know.
SQUIDBREAKER said, 5 months ago

I’m tending to side with ‘SmarterEnough’.
bald 716 said, 5 months ago

ladywolf17.. good for you. i had an altercation with a senior when i was in 9th grade, after that he,his brother and i were great friends. your control was commendable

calvin i think you may have used a little bit too much glue, not really sure though
AddADadaAdDad said, 5 months ago

Me also!
mjw22307 said, 5 months ago

I don’t know if SmarterEnough is right, but it is true that she never discusses the comic and I really don’t believe in “her and her dad”. I just try to ignore them.

As for the comic, all the people that said “uh-oh, calvin and glue?” Good call.
Willcar1 said, 5 months ago

You know, I think I agree with SmarterEnough. Besides, this is a forum for discussing a great comic, not somebody’s life and life issues. If you want to talk about Calvin & Hobbes, this is the place; otherise, go away. Thank you.
aelwero said, 5 months ago

I couldn’t agree more willcar, the off topic is getting a bit annoying. There are only about 4 billion forums out there.

ldywldkat, looks like someone followed your finger gluing example ;)
mrmsd said, 5 months ago

wolfbyte36 & ladywolf17

You are ruining the pleasure of reading Calvin & Hobbes
Sign up for Twitter or get your own Facebook page, to discuss your personal tragedies of life.
We just want to read Calvin & Hobbes and some commentary on the comic strip
Stede_Bonnet said, 5 months ago

How damaged do you have to be to look to a comics forum for free therapy?
musicnut1986 said, 5 months ago

Calvin, just calm down. You look pretty annoyed in panels 3 and 4. Just give Hobbes a big hug and everything will be hunky dorey.
Carmy said, 5 months ago

Knock it off you all. At any given time many of us go “off topic”.
This is not against any rules. If you don’t want to read them, just skip over them.
Since we don’t know which are sincere or not, we should still try to be considerate.
Hope all works out for well for wolfbyte36 & ladywolf17.

Calvin, I see big trouble heading your way!!
RinaFarina said, 5 months ago

Prasrinivara, actually they use the infinitive (in this case, “appliquer”) as a shortened version for “veuillez appliquer”, which is stronger than just saying “appliquez”.

Maybe you could think of “veuillez” as “I order you to”.
Saucy1121 said, 5 months ago

Ladywolf: you did what you needed to do, and handled it better than many who have more years.
Shadowyugi said, 5 months ago

i cant believ calvin messed up again,….but then hes a little kid so its acceptable…lol..

To those who want to pick on ladywolf…..she never asked you to critisize. wat she asked was whether or not her decision was gd. Also, she has no mum..(sorry by the way ladywold, my mum passed away too)…so yes, shes allowed to be in her dad’s room.

Latly, leave her alone and get ur own life….we all love calvin and hobbes so, if u want to comment on calvin and hoobes, be my guest, if u want to insult someone’s life story….GET YOUR OWN AND DO THAT!!!!!

looooool !!!!!!!!!!
krusher2 said, 5 months ago

Trolls… nothing more. Stop replying. SmarterEnough is right.

Leave the trolls and the multiple personalities to themselves.

Let’s talk about C&H here. If you want life advice, go to a real message board / forum.
nighthawks said, 5 months ago

this comment is NOT about knife attacks! It is, I know this is strange, about CALVIN & HOBBES

this is really two separate hilarious gags in one 4 panel strip…..I’ve read strips this morning that didnt even have ONE……bill watterson, we miss you!
musicnut1986 said, 5 months ago

Group hug anybody? Let’s include Calvin and Hobbes, as, after all, this is their forum. Please leave your weapons at the door.
bleepingdeadalien said, 5 months ago

SmarterEnough…thanks…somebody had to say that about the wolf-family…Just from reading their posts, they really sound like a couple of phonies…Knife attacks!?! Oh please.

And now onto today’s strip: Calvin+glue=One big mess for mom to clean up…
bmonk said, 5 months ago

Ladysmith asked us for our opinion of how she did in a difficult and immediate situation. I think she did admirably. She (1) got herself out of danger, and (2) did not press further to do something she would carry with her the rest of her life. More, (3) she asked the opinion of people she enjoys and respects, even if from a distance. Some replied, reassuring her; others objected, some with abuse. So sad.

Regarding Calvin, as usual, Watterson is funny, in several directions simultaneously. I also like that the model is for six and up, since very young children (ages 2-6 or so) are naturals at learning multiple languages.
Josh said, 5 months ago

Hobbes is incorrect. The directions are in three different languages, but all three have the full directions.
dstufff said, 5 months ago

Count me in with those in this forum who say we should stick to discussing the daily Calvin and Hobbes comic.

To ladywolf17 and wolfbyte36: take your messed up, made up stories to a more appropriate forum.

About the comic: I used to assemble plastic models when I was younger, and they are certainly not made for the likes of Calvin to put together. At least Hobbes is trying to read the instructions.
Who gave Calvin the model glue anyway? Around here, the sale of model glue is restricted to adults because you can get get a ‘high’ from sniffing. Hey - that’s how Calvin imagines Hobbes is a real tiger!
Wildmustang1262 said, 5 months ago

Hey Calvin! You should ask your daddy to help you assembling a model airplane with the instruction. If you got your fingers stuck together with that kind of glue, use the nail polish to remove the glue from your fingers right away. It works well. I just guess that might help or not. I did that before.

wolfbyte36 & ladywolf17 You did the right thing to protect yourselves from the assilant who pulled the knife against you. Best thing is to call the police and arrest the assilant with that kind of weapon. If assilant tries to harm me with that kind of weapon, I will scream and call the police. I do not appreciate the way the assilant does such stupid thing to me for no reason. Next time please do not post your comment on this. This is for something to comment funnily and make all of us laughing and enjoying to read the comic. Peace and be happy!
♠Lonewolf♠ said, 5 months ago

Calvin and Hobbes is one of my all time favorites. I DO HOPE that tomorrow we stick to the strip. Way too much controversy here today.
scottsilby said, 5 months ago

To ladywolf17 and wolfbyte36: WTF is wrong with you? Does this look like a counselor’s office?
pearlandpeach said, 5 months ago

Layd Wolfe needs to find a true forum for life advice..not waste space here for her twittering…. I agree with Krusher2.